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Volume CVII, Number 45	University	of	Southern	California	Wednesday,	November	9,	1988
As the nation’s registered voters went to the polls to cast their ballots Tuesday for Vice President George Bush or Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis, so did university students. These Trojan voters are casting their ballots at 32nd Street School. For elections coverage, see page 3.
Voting for president, Prop. 102 draw students to polling places
Kevin Cullinane
Staff Writer
On Election Day, university students expressed mixed reactions to the presidential candidates — though most favored Vice President George Bush — and many were strongly opposed to the AIDS initiative.
Voting at three nearby polling facilities, Republican students said Bush would be an effective president by continuing the programs begun under the Reagan administration.
"I'm a strong Republican supporter," said Cyndi Conrad, a sophomore majoring in business administration. “I like Reagan, and I think Bush will follow in his footsteps."
But supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis said although they
expected defeat, they refused to submit to the wishes of many university students by voting for Bush.
"I voted for Michael Dukakis because I think he will lose, and that way when George Bush becomes president I can complain every day — because I didn't vote for him," said Brian Bradley, a freshman cinema major.
"It is ridiculous the way that George Bush exploited the flag issue," Bradley said. "I don't think Bush's opinion should be forced on everyone else. This is a free country and everyone's opinion — even if he is a minority — should be protected."
Most Republican supporters cited specific policy strengths of the Reagan administration.
(See Vote, page 3)
Prevention is key
Seminar urges rape awareness among students
By Raquel Caballes
Copy Editor
"Close your eyes and take a deep breath and imagine for the next 48 hours there is no such thing as rape ... it just doesn't exist."
With those words, Paula Swinford, director of university health education, opened the rape prevention workshop Monday night at Olin Hall.
The workshop, which attracted about 50 people, was given by the Student Health and Counseling Services in conjunction with University Security.
The two-hour program came in the wake of two sexual assaults that hit the campus community in the last two weeks.
On the two previous Saturdays, a woman from the university has been abducted from a residential building parking garage and either has been raped or sexually assaulted.
In addition, a university student was arrested last week for the acquaintance rape of another student.
Swinford asked the audience, composed mainly of upperclassmen, how her statement made them feel.
Participants said they felt "relieved," "free," "able to walk around not all tensed up," — feelings many area residents may not have felt since Saturday's abduction and rape of a woman at Regal Trojan Apartments.
"I can go anywhere, at any (See Aftermath, page 3)
350 vacate Webb Tower after its third fire in month
By Kate Berry
Co-City Editor
The third fire within a month erupted in a basement trash chute in Webb Tower last night, forcing the evacuation of more than 350 students but causing no injuries or damages.
"Somebody's been throwing burning rubbish into the chute," said University Security Officer Stever Sickles. "It activated the sprinkler and alarm, but no damage to the building was sustained."
The fire, which broke out at 8:15 p.m., was discovered by a student on the 12th floor who smelled smoke from his room (See Fire, page 22)
Library system understaffed; funds blamed
By Bryan Culp
Staff Writer
The university library system is understaffed by 20 percent because of budgetary constraints and a high turnover rate, said University Librarian Charles Ritcheson.
Of the 180 librarians and administrators, 39 positions — including 14 librarian positions — are vacant, Ritcheson said.
"If my budget was bigger I would not have those vacan-(See Library, page 7)
KEVIN FLINT / DAILY TROJAN
Amy Goodfriend (left) sits still for a measles vaccination from Dr. Allan Ebbin, executive director of the Student Health Center. A recent outbreak of measles at Marks Tower has left university health officials puzzled and concerned.
Immunizations urged to combat Marks Tower measles outbreak
By John Matthews
Staff Writer
A recent outbreak of measles in Marks Tower has university health officials searching for the source and urging students unsure of their immunization records to roll up their sleeves and get free shots.
Two cases of measles have been reported so far — both by students living on the same floor in the dormitory — and more cases are anticipated, said Allan Ebbin, executive director of the Student Health Center.
Hoping to curb a possible epidemic, the health center will be administering vaccine to students free of charge through Friday.
The symptoms of measles include a fever, coughing, congestion, red or watery eyes and the tell-tale red rash that begins on the face and spreads
throughout the body.
The potential complications resulting from a bout with measles include ear infections and pneumonia, which could result in death, said Paul Fredrick, an epidemiologist at the Los Angeles County Immunization Program who is in charge of the monitoring and control of preventable diseases.
"It's the pneumonia that kills — the final insult of measles," Fredrick said.
Known as "the most contagious disease," measles can be communicated without direct physical contact. The germs can linger in a room for up to an hour infecting unsuspecting people who enter the room later, Frederick said.
"You don't even have to have face-to-face contact" to get the virus, he said.
The possible side effects for "a por-(See Measles, page 8)